Tyr
Also known as: Ty · Family: Æsir · Role: god · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Hymir
Life events
- Thor lifts Hymir’s kettle and carries it out of the dwelling.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Hymir · 📍 Hymir's dwelling)
- With: Thor
- “Sif's consort lifted the kettle on his head, while about his heels its rings jingled.”
- Fenrer bit off Tyr’s hand after the gods refused to release him.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2)
- With: Fenris-wolf
- “But when the asas would not loose the Fenris-wolf, he bit Tyr’s hand off at the place of the wolf’s joint (the wrist; Icel. úlfliðr).”
- Æger hosted Odin and the gods at a feast after inviting them to visit him.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Æger's Feast · 📍 Asgard)
Elder Edda · The Lay of Hymir
- parent: Hymir “There dwells eastward of Elivagar the all-wise Hymir, at heaven's end. My sire, fierce of mood, a kettle owns, a capacious cauldron, a rast in depth.”
Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 1
- enemies with Fenris-wolf “Ty, who was one-handed, Fenrisulf having bitten off his hand while being bound.”
Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2
- enemies with Fenris-wolf “But when the asas would not loose the Fenris-wolf, he bit Tyr’s hand off at the place of the wolf’s joint (the wrist; Icel. úlfliðr).”
Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Æger's Feast
- patron: Æger “Æger made a visit to Asgard, but when he was ready to return home he invited Odin and all the asas to come and pay him a visit after the lapse of three months. On this journey went Odin, Njord, Frey, Tyr, Brage, Vidar, Loke; and also the asynjes, Frigg, Freyja, Gefjun, Skade, Idun, Sif.”
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